Espresso, Painted Heavens & Roman Plates: Around the Pantheon

Hours and openings change often — double-check each spot is still open before you head out.

The day, stop by stop

1. 1
   9:30 AM 30 min

   La Casa del Caffè Tazza d’Oro

   Start shoulder-to-shoulder at a celebrated espresso counter, with dark-roasted aromas and the Pantheon just outside.

   Via degli Orfani 84, 00186 Roma, Italy

   Directions
2. 2
   10:15 AM 60 min

   Pantheon

   Step from a bustling piazza into immense, cool geometry, where the oculus turns daylight into theatre.

   Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Roma, Italy

   Directions
3. 3
   11:30 AM 45 min

   Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola

   A spectacular painted ceiling dissolves the architecture overhead; pause quietly rather than rushing for the mirror photograph.

   Via del Caravita 8A, 00186 Roma, Italy

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4. 4
   12:30 PM 30 min

   Giolitti

   Polished counters and old-school bustle make this historic gelateria a cheerful sweet interlude.

   Via degli Uffici del Vicario 40, 00186 Roma, Italy

   Directions
5. 5
   1:30 PM 90 min

   Cul de Sac

   Finish with a substantial late lunch beneath walls of wine bottles, beside one of central Rome’s liveliest little squares.

   Piazza di Pasquino 73, 00186 Roma, Italy

   Directions